Meet the Founders Behind SOL Tribe SOL Tribe was never built to be just another online community. It was built as a place for real transformation. A place where people stop restarting their lives. A place where discipline, identity, and action create lasting change. 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴: Helping people become who they said they would be. Meet the founders leading the movement. 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲 Barry Schutte is the founder of School of Life Coach Academy and one of South Africa’s leading voices in personal transformation and coaching. Over the past decade, Barry has trained more than 35,000 coaches across 40+ countries, helping people transform their lives and build meaningful coaching businesses around purpose and impact. In 2024, he was recognized as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Coaches, alongside names like Tony Robbins and Dr. Marshall Goldsmith. His belief is simple: “𝙒𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨. 𝙒𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨.” But even deeper than that... he helps people rebuild themselves. Because your life will always move in the direction of your identity. You do not rise to your goals. You fall to your standards. That philosophy is one of the foundations of SOL Tribe. 𝗝𝗣 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘆𝗳𝗳 JP van der Schyff is a high-performance specialist focused on mind-body transformation, discipline, and sustainable human performance. With qualifications in Sport Science, Health Sciences, and Biokinetics, JP has spent years helping people improve physical performance, mental resilience, confidence, and consistency. He has represented South Africa in athletics and spent 17 seasons as a fitness presenter on SuperSport TV, helping thousands of people transform their health and performance. JP brings the body to the mission. Because transformation must be lived. Not studied. Not talked about. Lived. His philosophy is simple: “𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙, 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙙.” That is what he brings into SOL Tribe: